2. To force, drive, or plunge into anything. [Obs.] His horse poching one of his legs into some hollow ground. Sir W. Temple.
3. To make soft or muddy by trampling Tennyson.
4. To begin and not complete. [Obs.] Bacon.
POACH
Poach, v. i.
Defn: To become soft or muddy.
Chalky and clay lands . . . chap in summer, and poach in winter.
Mortimer.
POACHARD Poach"ard, n. Etym: [From Poach to stab.] [Written also pocard, pochard.] (Zoöl.) (a) A common European duck (Aythya ferina); — called also goldhead, poker, and fresh-water, or red-headed, widgeon. (b) The American redhead, which is closely allied to the European poachard. Red-crested poachard (Zoöl.), an Old World duck (Branta rufina). — Scaup poachard, the scaup duck. — Tufted poachard, a scaup duck (Aythya, or Fuligula cristata), native of Europe and Asia.
POACHER
Poach"er, n.
1. One who poaches; one who kills or catches game or fish contrary to law.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The American widgeon. [Local, U.S.] Sea poacher (Zoöl.), the lyrie.